After a first round rich in lessons, Eric Camilli and Nicolas Klinger will find again this week-end the wheel of the Ford Fiesta RS WRC at the 64th Rally of Sweden, second race of the World Rally Championship.

M-Sport World Rally Team’s Mads Østberg and Eric Camilli head to the second round of the FIA World Rally Championship with very different objectives, but both will be keen to make their mark on the snow-covered stages of Rally Sweden.

Three cars have been entered by the Abu Dhabi Total WRT at Rally Sweden (11-14 February). Following their impressive performance in Monte-Carlo, Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle will be joined in Scandinavia by Khalid Al-Qassimi/Chris Patterson and Craig Breen/Scott Martin. Each crew will have to negotiate different challenges at one of the most demanding, atypical events of the season.

Official launch of the World Rally Championship 2016, the 84th Rallye Monte-Carlo was also marked by the starts of Eric Camilli and Nicolas Klinger in WRC within the team M-Sport World Rally Team. Despite a beginning of racing synonymous of performance, the french mens are forced to give up in the sixth stage during the second day.

Max Vatanen, the son of 1981 World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen, has got his 2016 season off to a flying start on the Monte Carlo Rally: the oldest and most prestigious event on the international calendar.

Despite this being their first attempt at the notoriously complex Rallye Monte-Carlo, both Peugeot Rally Academy crews came through their first outing of the season with flying colours and lived up every bit to their status as last year’s 208 Rally Cup winners.

M-Sport World Rally Team’s Mads Østberg has equalled his best Rallye Monte-Carlo result at the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) – bringing his Ecoboost-powered Ford Fiesta RS WRC home in fourth place.

"This is probably the biggest thing I have experienced as a rally driver. To win Rally Monte-Carlo is prestigious" said a delighted Ole Christian Veiby after his victory at the season's first WRC round.

Disputed in the hills above Monaco, the final day of the 84th Rallye Monte Carlo saw no significant changes to the overall standings. Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau provided further evidence of their progress as they secured fifth place overall. It was their best result to date in the World Rally Championship.